Combined screen and insect-trap.



E. LAMPEL.

COMBINED SCREEN AND INSECT TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1914.

1,134,875, Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10, 1914.

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COMBINED SGREEIV AND INSECT-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD LAMPEL, a citizenof the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Screens and Insect-Traps; and I do declare thefollowing tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combined window screens andflytraps and has for its object to provide a device of this character whichmay be simply and inexpensively manufactured and which will be extremelyefficient in operation.

A further object of the invention is to construct a number of receivingchambers in an extremely simple manner.

A still further object is to provide simple means whereby the insectsmay be conducted from the receiving chambers to a receptacle.

A still further object is to provide an internally channeled frame forsupporting the receiving chambers and the receptacles and to position apair of channel shaped guide members in the channels of the end bars ofsaid frame, in such a manner as to form a closure for the opposite endsof the receiving chambers.

With these objects in view, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction and combination herein described and claimedand shown in the drawings where- 1n:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a screen constructed in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation, partly in section, showingportions of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, theoutermost guide member being removed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken along the plane of the line33 of Fig. 1 Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged horizontal sections taken alongthe planes of the lines li and 5-5 of Figs. 2 and 1 respectively; andFigs. 6 and 7 are sectionalperspective views of portions of two of thereceiving chambers and one of the receptacles.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my invention asincluding a rectangular frame 1 which comprises longitudinal side bars 2which are internally channeled as indicated at 3, and transverse endbars 4: which are provided, on their inner edges, with channels 5.

Havingtheir outer edges inserted within the channels 3, are upper andlower insect receptacles 6 and 7, each of which is'formed of a singlestrip ofwire mesh or netting which is bent into the form of arectanglein cross section, the free ends of said netting overlapping as indicatedat 8. Each of the inner edges of the receptacles, thus formed, isprovided with a notch 9 at each of its ends, said notches registeringwith U- shaped channel members 10 which are inserted within the channels5, their opposite ends contacting with the receptacles 6 and 7 whiletheir transversely extending portions 11 act as closures for theopposite ends of a number of receiving chambers 12 which are each formedof a single strip of wire netting having its opposite side portions bentlaterally to provide edge walls 18, the free edges of said walls beingbent inwardly into parallel relation with the body portion of thenetting to provide side walls 1 1, the latter having their freeextremities bent inwardly into parallel spaced relation to each otherand to the edge walls 13 thus forming flanges 15 which terminate asuitable distance from the body portion of the chambers 12.

As clearly seen'in the drawings, the opposite ends of the members 12 arepositioned in the channels 5 and have their open ends disposed incontact with the transverse porions 11 of the U-shaped channel members10 as above suggested. It will further be noted that the outermost edgesof the upper and lower chambers 12 contact with the adjacent edges ofthe receptacles 6 and 7 while the remaining edges of said chamberscontact one with the other, producing a screen formed of a number ofreceiving chambers and insect receptacles.

It may be here explained that, by constructing the receiving chambers inthe manner above set forth, a number of longitudinally extending inletslots are provided between the flanges 15, certain of these slots beingformed in the rear side of the members 12 while others are formed in thefront side thereof, thereby allowing the screen to be equally effectivewhether one side or the other be turned outwardly.

As most clearly seen in Figs. 3 and 6 the slotted side walls of certainof the chambers 12 are provided with outlet openings or slots 16 whichextend transversely thereof while the slotted walls are provided withoutlet slots 17 which are alined with the slots 16, it being understoodthat these slots are made upon one side of the screen only as will beevident by reference to the drawings.

Disposed transversely upon the various receiving chambers 12, is achannel shaped guide member 18 which is disposed over the various outletslots 16 and 17 and which terminates adjacent the inner edges of thereceptacles 6 and 7, the opposite edges of said member being providedwith laterally projecting flanges 19 whose free edges are bent outwardlyinto substantially parallel relation to the side walls of the member 18,shown at 20, this formation .producing substantially L-shaped flanges onthe free edges of the guide -member 18, which extend throughout thelength thereof. By reference more particularly to Fig. 5, it will beseen that the flanges 19 contact with the chambers 12 while theextensions 20 thereof contact with U-shaped strips 21 in which theopposite edges of a second channel shaped guide member 22 are clamped,said member 22 being spaced a suitable distance from the member 18 andbeing in communication therewith by a number of outlet openings 23 whichare formed in said member 18. The opposite ends of the strips 21 arerigidly secured in the channels of the longitudinal side bars 2 in anysuitable manner.

As most clearly seen in Fig. 3, the guide member 22 is provided with asubstantially funnel-shaped partition 24 which is located between theadjacent end of the member 18 and a funnel-shaped inlet 25 which isformed in one side of the receptacle 6.

With the parts as above described, the operation of the device is asfollows: The fiies or insects enter'the various receptacles 12 throughthe slots between the flanges 15, said flanges acting to prevent thesame from readily leaving said chambers. The trapped insects will nowmove back and forth within the chambers until they discover the outletopenings or slots 16 or 17, as the case may be, through which they willpass, thus entering the channel shaped guide member 18 which they maynow leave through the openings 23 thus allowing them to move freelywithin the guide member 22 from which they may pass through the openingin the funnel shaped partition 24 and through the funnel shaped inletmember 25 into the receptacle 6 from which it will be a difficult taskfor them to escape by retracing their movements. When however, itbecomes necessary to remove the trapped insects or flies, a suitabledoor 26 which is pivoted to one of the end bars of the frame 1, may beswung aside. This discharge opening might well be positioned at anyother point around the frame since the trapped insects have access toall parts thereof, by the herein described positioning of thereceptacles 6 and 7 and the guide members 10 which constitutepassageways establishing communication between the two.

In most cases it becomes expedient to provide means whereby the lengthof the frame may be increased or diminished, this means being here shownin the form of end plates 80 which are provided with inwardly extendingarms31 which are shaped to it undercut grooves 32 formed in thelongitudinal side bars of the frame.

I have described my invention with considerable minuteness but I do notwish to be limited to details other than those amplified in the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A combined window screen and insect trapcomprising a rectangular frame, a number of elongated rectangularreceiving chambers therein and disposed side by side, each chamberhaving a longitudinal inlet slot and an outlet opening, an insectreceptacle likewise carried by the frame, and a guide memberestablishing communication between the several outlet openings of saidchambers and said receptacle.

2. A combined window screen and insect trap comprising a rectangularframe, a number of elongated rectangular receiving chambers therein anddisposed side by side, each chamber having a longitudinal inlet slot andan outlet opening, flanges extending into the interior of each chamberfrom opposite sides of said slots, an insect receptacle likewise carriedby the frame, and a guide member establishing communication between saidoutlet openings and said receptacle.

3. A device of the character described comprising a rectangular framechanneled on its inner edge, a number of elongated rectangular receivingchambers having their ends mounted in the channels of two of theparallel bars of said frame, the edge walls of said chambers beingdisposed contiguous to each other and each of said chambers having alongitudinal inlet slot and an outlet opening, an elongated rectangularinsect receptacle having one edge located in the channel of oneremaining side bar of the frame and having its opposite edge in contactwith the outer edge wall of the receiving chamber adjacent thereto, anda guide member establishing communication between said outlet openingsand said recep-,

tacle.

4. A device of the character described comprising a rectangular framechanneled on its inner edge, a pair of elongated rec tangularreceptacles having their outer edges located in the channels of twoparallel sides of the frame, passageways located in the channels of theremaining sides of the frame and communicating with said receptacles,elongated rectangular receiving chambers having their ends located inthe channels receiving the passageways and abutting the inner walls ofsaid passageways, each of said chambers having a longitudinal inlet slotand an outlet opening, and a guide member positioned transversely ofsaid chambers and establishing communication between said outletopenings and one of said receptacles, the outer edges of the outermostof said chambers contacting with said receptacles and the remainingedges of the chambers contacting one with the other.

5. A device of the character described comprising a rectangular framechanneled on its inner edge, a pair of elongated rectangular receptacleshaving their outer edges located in the channels of two parallel sidesof the frame, passageways located in the channels of the remaining sidesof the frame and communicating with said receptacles, elongatedrectangular receiving chambers having their ends located in the channelsreceiving the passageways and abutting the inner walls of saidpassageways, each of said chambers having a longitudinal inletlongitudinal flanges projecting into the interior of said chambers fromopposite sides of said slots, and a guide member positioned transverselyof said chambers and establishing communication between said outletopenings and one of said receptacles, the outer edges of the outermostof said chambers contacting with said receptacles and the remainingedges of the chambers contacting one with the other.

6. A device of the character described comprising a rectangular frame, anumber of receiving chambers therein and each formed of a single stripof wire mesh having its opposite side portions bent laterally in thesame direction to form edge walls lying in substantially parallelrelation, the free edges of said walls being bent inwardly toward eachother and lying substantially parallel to the body portion of the meshto form side walls, and the free edges of said side walls being bentinwardly into spaced relation to each other and to said edge walls,

slot and an outlet opening,-

each'of said chambers having an outlet opening, an insect receptaclemounted in the frame, and a guide memberestablishing communicationbetween said outlet openings and said receptacle.

A device of the character described comprising a rectangular framehaving its end bars channeled on their inner edges, U- shaped channelmembers in the channels of said end bars and terminating at pointsspaced from the ends of said channels, insect receptacles adjacent theside bars of the frame and having their ends inserted in the ends ofsaid channels and communicating with said U-shaped members, a number ofreceiving chambers having inlet and outlet openings, the ends of saidchambers being inserted in said channels and closed by said U-shapedmembers, and a guide member establishing communication between theoutlet openings of said chambers and one of said receptacles.

8. A device of the character described comprising a rectangular frame, anumber receiving chambers therein and each havof ing an inlet and anoutlet opening, a channel shaped guide member disposed over said outletopenings and having in itself a number of outlet openings, a secondchannel shaped guide member disposed over said first mentioned member,and an insect receptacle having an opening communicating with saidsecond mentioned guide member.

9. A device of the character described comprising a rectangular frame, anumber of receiving chambers therein and each having an inlet and anoutlet opening, the latter being transversely alined, a channel shapedguide member disposed over said outlet openings and having in itself anumber of outlet openings, longitudinal L-shaped flanges projectinglaterally from theopposite edges of said guide member, a second guidemember disposed over said first mentioned member and having its oppositeedges contacting with the Lshaped flanges, U-shaped strips securing saidedges to the flanges and having their opposite ends secured to saidframe, and an insect receptacle having an opening communicating withsaid second mentioned guide member.

10. A device of the character described comprising a number of parallelreceiving receptacles each having a longitudinal inlet slot, the slotsin adjacent chambers being of receiving chambers disposed vide bers anoutlet opening, an insect receptacle like- W1se earned by the frame, andan 1nseet gulcle leacllng from the varlous outlet openings Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for a Window screen and each of said chammyhand in presence of two subscribing Witbemg provlded W1th an 1nlet andW1th nesses.

EDWARD LAMPEL.

'Witnesses E. P. SCHMIDT,

into the receptacle.

M. A. VVAGONER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

